Do you know about dull and dreary days? Are you weary of pain and difficulties? Mrs. Charles Spurgeon, who had been very ill for 25 years, asked why the Lord allowed such suffering; sending sharp and bitter pain that hindered her activities and her desire to serve Him.
As she sat in her room before a cozy fire, she began to hear a "sweet, soft sound - a faint, yet clear, musical note like the tender trill of a robin beneath my window." It was late at night in winter, causing her to wonder what it could be. Suddenly she realized it was the log on the fire. "The fire was unshackling the imprisoned music from deep within the old oak's heart!" Perhaps the song was acquired when all was well and the oak was strong and tall and healthy, but hard years and rings of knotty growth had sealed up the beautiful melody.
Some of us have become like the old oak - tired, hardened by circumstances and disappointment, and sealed up to the beauty in and around us. Sometimes the fire is just what we need to burn it all away and release the song! Don't waste your suffering.
Use it to step up higher, to grow your heart, to bust open and sing!
Express gratitude for what you DO have. "Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving." Ps.147:7
Don't live your whole life with your song stuck inside you.
Blessings,
Beth
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